has toured across the United States with bands like Family of the Year, Skybox, Mark Rose, hellogoodbye, and Steel Train. Gold Motel played at South By Southwest and Lollapalooza in 2011 and in June 2011, Gold Motel toured the UK with hellogoodbye. In August 2011, Gold Motel released a new single called "Leave You in Love", which appeared on the band's self-titled album. The song was written by Hehr and Morgan, who took a collection of Hehr's unused lyrics and pieced them together to form the song. In an interview with The Total Scene, Morgan describes the writing process: "Usually, one of us brings a skeletal sketch and then we arrange and record together. For example, Eric brought "These Sore Eyes" with lyrics, melody, chords. I brought "Brand New Kind of Blue" in the same way – with lyrics, melody, chords, and we just arranged together. For a handful of the songs, Eric and I sat down and wrote lyrics together. "Leave You in Love", for example, is an amalgam of a handful of free-write lyrics he had laying around that I then organized and added to." Gold Motel EP The five-song Gold Motel EP was released on December 15, 2009. The first single off the EP was "Perfect in My Mind", which was also the band's first music video directed by Eddie O'Keefe. Summer House Summer House is Gold Motel's first full-length album and was released on June 1, 2010. The album features ten songs which includes five new songs in addition to the five songs from the EP. Gold Motel premiered their music video for “We’re on the Run” on Spinner.com on April 27, 2010. The band celebrated Summer House at a record release show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 2010. On July 1, 2010, Gold Motel premiered their music video for "Safe in LA" on Spin Magazine's website. The song "Summer House" was used in one of Crayola's commercials. "Perfect in My Mind" was also used in a Labello commercial. Talking Fiction Talking Fiction is Gold Motel's 7-inch, which was released in November 2010. It includes the songs "Cold Shoulders" and "Slow Emergency". The band premiered the music video for "Cold Shoulders" on Magnet's website. Gold Motel (CD) Gold Motel released a self-titled sophomore album in July 2012. This was their second full-length album. The summer feel of the previous releases was continued,